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Affordable plastic surgery is Costa Rica’s famed treasure. Not long ago since plastic surgery in Costa Rica was only known by few confident patients that have visited the country because of its reliable quality and less expensive plastic surgery cost. But Costa Rica’s confidentiality of offering affordable plastic surgery was a well-kept secret until 20/20 has broadcast their show on the subject. (more…)
Due to a recent Sala IV (Constitutional Court) decision, the Policía de Tránsito (traffic police) cannot tow illegally parked vehicles unless the owner of the vehicle is present.
Viviana Martín, the vice ministra de Transportes, assures that the only option available to Tránsitos (traffic officials) is to issue a fine if the owner is nowhere to be found. The vice-minister added that of the average 180 fines issued daily, only five vehicles end up being towed.
“We have our hands tied”, said Martín.
The vice-minister says that her traffic officials only rely on Article 129 of the Ley de Tránsito that allows the issue a ¢5.000 colones fine and assures that in many cases the vehicle owners hide from the officials to prevent their vehicle being towed.
Illegal parking is a major problem in San José, contributing to much of the downtown congestion, as vehicles parked on the narrow street impede the flow of traffic or large vehicles like buses or delivery trucks from getting by, creating bottlenecks.
China attaches great importance to its ties with Costa Rica and is ready to work with the Central American country to promote the stable, sustainable and healthy development of bilateral relations, a leading Chinese lawmaker said in San José on Monday.
Uyunqimg, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), the legislative body of China, made the remark at a meeting with Costa Rican vice-president, Laura Chinchilla. (more…)
Ostional is a four-mile stretch of black-sand beach in northwest Costa Rica. You probably haven’t heard of it – not many people have – but every year it plays host to one of the most dramatic, enormous, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping spectacles in nature.
Between June and December, for a couple of days synchronised with the phases of the moon, it is home to the greatest aggregation of reptiles on the planet.
They’re olive ridley turtles: giant ancient mariners, their heads encrusted with barnacles and shells, bearing the scars of shark bite and boat strike. They congregate at Ostional to breed and, soon after, the females come ashore to lay their eggs.
Unlike other species of turtle, they don’t sneak ashore silently and solo, hoping to evade the predators that would snatch their eggs and hatchlings. Instead, they arrive in multitudes so awe-inspiring that the predators are simply overwhelmed. Once, 500,000 turtles were counted coming ashore on this stretch of beach in a 72-hour period. (more…)
